Mandi House is a locality in Delhi, India. It was the former residence of the Raja of Mandi in Delhi.

History

In the 1940s, the 18th Raja of

Mandi State Mandi State was a princely state within (British India), with the town of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, Mandi as its capital. The state of Mandi (the name means "market" in Hindi), which included two towns and 3,625 villages, was part of the States ...

, Raja Sir Joginder Sen Bahadur built his residence next to what is now ''Himachal Bhawan''. The estate was later sold and divided in the 1970s. The old palace was demolished to make way for large, modern offices which were constructed in the 1990s. The state house of

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...

, ''Himachal Bhawan'', is now located here. The headquarters ''Doordarshan Bhawan'' of the national television broadcaster

Doordarshan Doordarshan (), abbreviated as DD, is India's State-owned enterprise, state-owned public broadcasting, public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and B ...

is also located here. Today, the name of the office complex remembers the old royal residence as well the Mandi House metro station.Doordarshan
The larger area around is also still referred to as Mandi House. The Agrasen ki Baoli well is located near Mandi House.

References

Royal residences in Delhi Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Doordarshan Government buildings in Delhi {{india-struct-stub